As expected and discussed, since big budget C-dramas heading into production are few and far between, C-actress Zhao Lu Si is now adding producer and director to her resume with the production of her first self-financed drama. It’s titled Sonder: I am Not NPC with the tagline “I am the protagonist in my life script!” and deals with four women who find their lives mirroring a story. Zhao Lu Si is not acting in it and the four leads are either her actress friends or actresses in the same agency as her, and even her own dad has a cameo role in the drama. None of the cast or crew are taking a salary but will get a cut of any of the profit after operating expenses are deducted, thereby making it even more of an incentive for the cast and crew to promote the heck out of this to drive views. Zhao Lu Si’s own casting concerns aside, this confirms even more that the days of long form high quality big budget C-dramas is nearing extinction in the next few years.